ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted using direct method to determine the standardized ileal phosphorus (P) digestibility coefficient (SIPDC) of meat and bone meal (MBM) and poultry byproduct meal (PBM) for broilers. In the first experiment, three MBM from different batches were evaluated, with four treatments (MBMI, MBMII, MBMIII, and a P-free diet) and nine replicates of seven birds each, totaling 252 birds distributed across a completely randomized design. The P-free diet was used to determine endogenous P losses. Titanium dioxide […]

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine prediction equations to estimate the nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) values of animal meals used in broiler diets through meta-analysis. A bibliographic review was undertaken with studies conducted in Brazil from 2000 to 2016 to catalogue information on AMEn values and the following chemical elements in the composition of the feedstuffs: crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), gross energy (GE), mineral matter (MM), calcium (Ca), and phosphorus (P). Groups were also […]

It was evaluated the effect of different levels of probiotics in the diet on performance, carcass yield, noble cuts and abdominal fat, intestinal pH and blood parameters of broilers at 1 to 40 days of age fed ingredients of vegetal and animal origin. It was used 1.000 line Cobb 500 broilers, distributed in a complete random design with 10 treatments, each one with 5 replicates of 20 broilers per experimental unity, allocated in a reused litter. The probiotic which was […]

The apparent metabolizable energy (AME), nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizable (AMEn), apparent metabolizability coefficient (AMC) and nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizability coefficient (AMCn) of five feedstuffs were determined. The feedstuffs investigated were: hatchery by-product meal (HM), feather meal (FM), poultry viscera meal (PVM) and two meat and bone meal (MBM 1 and MBM 2) of different origin. The values of AME and AMEn were determined by the total excreta collection method. One hundred and twenty broiler chicks at 21 days old were […]

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the inclusion of exogenous enzymes in diets with different protein levels and sources for pigs during the nursery period. In the first experiment, 80 pigs from 21 to 51 days of age, weaned at 14 days of age, were assigned to a randomized blocks experimental design, in a 2x2x2 factorial (two protein levels; with or without meat and bone meal; with or without enzyme), with five replicates and two pigs/box, and fed a […]

The experiment was carried out to determine the apparent and true ileal digestibility of amino acids from six different meat and bone meals. Twelvecrossbred swines, castrated males, averaging 52.5 ± 5.1 kg initial weight, were used. The animals were previously submitted to the simple T canula surgery implantation at the terminal ileum and, after twenty days of recovery period, they were allotted to a randomized blocks design, with six treatments, four replicates and one animal per experimental unit. At the […]

The present work was carried out at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria to evaluate composition of the body and body weight gain. A experiment was conducted with 70% of corn silage and 30% of concentrate. Forty 3,5 years old Santa Gertrudis steers were used; four of them were slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment and 36 were randomly assigned to the treatments and slaughtered at the end of the experimental period. From each carcass the 9th to 11th rib […]

Total and partial digestibility of diets combining the starch sources of high degradability (dried cassava hulls) and low degradability (corn), with nitrogen sources of high (yeast) and low (cottonseed meal and meat and bone meal) degradability, in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement, were evaluated. Four Holstein steers (334 kg) fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulas, in a 4 x 4 Latin Square were used. Chromic oxide was used as a marker for drying matter flow. Interactions of starch and […]

The objective of this work was to determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) of meat and bone meal (MBM) with different particle sizes (coarse, medium and fine), in two levels of substitution (20 and 40%) for broiler chicks. Two hundred and eighty broiler chicks with 15 days of age were allotted to a completely randomized design, with seven treatments (six treatments with meat and bone meal and a reference diet), four replicates and ten […]